Long Realty’s Green Valley office gets new manager

It’s a changing of the guard at Long
Realty’s Green Valley office as Diane Williams takes over from Lynn Robinson as
branch manager. Completing the circle, Robinson recruited Williams to real
estate, in 2004. Williams’ appointment was effective Feb. 3.

Diane Williams

After an initial stint as a sales agent with
the Green Valley office, Williams’ career took her, in 2007, to a Long Realty
office in Safford, where she served as a sales agent and branch manager. Later
that year she moved up to a broker license.

Next stop: designated broker/owner
of a Long Realty affiliate office in nearby Thatcher. Williams operated the
brokerage—the area’s largest, capturing 70 percent of the market—for nine years
before returning, in 2016, to the Green Valley office as an associate broker.

Last May she moved to Long’s corporate offices to join the
company’s brokerage and contract review department.

Williams’ résumé
includes Long Realty Pro of the Year and several company honors for sales
achievement. Her professional designations include Short Sale & Foreclosure
Resource (SFR) and e-PRO, for online and digital marketing. During
her time in Safford she served as president of the Graham Greenlee Association
of REALTORS®.

“This is a great example of the deep talent at Long Realty,” said
Laura Mance, president of Long Realty Company. “Diane is a competent and
capable associate broker, a knowledgeable teacher and mentor, and a terrific
problem solver. Plus, she lives in and knows Green Valley. It’s a great fit.”

Lynn Robinson

Williams steps into some big shoes as she
takes over from Lynn Robinson, who headed the branch for more than a
quarter-century. A Green Valley fixture since 1971—her first positions were in
sales with several of the developers who built the Green Valley of today—Robinson
joined the Long Realty office as an associate broker in 1994. She moved up to
manager later that year.

A third-generation Arizona realty pro,
Robinson last year was named REALTOR® Emeritus by the National Association of
REALTORS®. The title requires at least four decades of NAR membership and a
year or more of service to the association. Robinson easily cleared that bar—a
longtime member of the Green Valley Sahuarita Association of REALTORS®, she
served on several committees and the group’s board, including a year as
president.

With 40-plus years’ experience as a
realty pro, Robinson isn’t quite ready to hang up her spurs. She’ll be
returning to her first love: selling real estate.

Located in Green Valley at 275 W. Continental Road, suite
101, the office fields more than three dozen realty pros.
For more information,
contact Diane Williams at DWilliams@LongRealty.com or (520) 918-8118.